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A micrometre is one millionth of a metre. Smaller units than a micrometre are:

  • a nanometre (1000 nanometres in one micrometre)
  • a picometre (1000 picometres in one nanometre)
  • a femtometre (1000 femtometres in one picometre)
  • an attometre (1000 attometres in one femtometre)
  • a zeptometre (1000 zeptometres in one attometre)
  • a yoctometre (1000 yoctometres in one zeptometre)
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Which is shorter than a meter?

A micrometre is shorter.


What are smaller than micrometers?

A thousandth of a micrometre is a nanometre. A thousandth of that is a picometre. A thousandth of that is a femtometre. A thousandth of that is a attometre. A thousandth of that is a zeptometre. A thousandth of that is a yoctometre. There is also 1/10 nanometre, which is known as the Angstrom unit. An alternative answer to the question is, half a micrometre, a thrid of a micrometre, a quarter of a micrometre etc.


What is the unit of length equal to one thousandth of a millimetre?

A micrometre ■


What unit do you get if you do centimeter divided by 10000?

A micrometre, which is also known as a micron.


How many micrometers are in a deciliter?

A micrometre is a unit of length. A decilitre is a unit of capacity. The two units are therefore incompatible.


What is the best unit for measuring the thickness of paper clip?

The thickness is of the order of a millimetre so a smaller unit - a micrometre, perhaps - is suitable.


What is the Si unit of length equal to one hundred millionth of a centimetre?

So 10000 times less than a cm is a micrometre, more commonly referred to as a micron


What metric unit would you most likely use to measure the thickness of a computer disk?

A micrometre.


What unit of measure would you use to measure an eye lash?

Millimetre for length, micrometre for thickness


Hom many square millimeters are in a micrometer?

A square millimetre is a unit of area. A micrometre is a unit of length. The two units are therefore incompatible.


Which unit of measure is best for measuring the width of a penny?

A micrometre. A millimetre would be too big a unit but a tenth of a millimetre should do fine.


Which unit of measurement is longer than a foot but shorter than a meter?

The unit of measurement that is longer than a foot but shorter than a meter is a yard. One yard is equal to 3 feet or 0.9144 meters.